International Adoption Comes of Age: Development of International Adoptees from a Longitudinal and Meta-Analytical Perspective

International Advances in Adoption Research for Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 169-192

  Juffer, Femmie ^a   van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment security; Institutional care; International adoption; Physical needs; Professional skill

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349177823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470741276.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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